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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".22" citation="COMAR 09.12.01.22" title_num="09" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="01" heading="Power Boiler — Existing Installation: Maximum Allowable Working Pressure.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The maximum allowable working pressure on a standard boiler shall be determined in accordance with the ASME Code under which it was constructed and stamped.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The maximum allowable working pressure on the shell of a nonstandard boiler shall be determined by the strength of the weakest section of the structure computed by multiplying TS by t and E and dividing the product by R multiplied by FS:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>TS = ultimate tensile strength of the shell plate, PSI, which, if unknown, shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>55,000 PSI for steel; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>45,000 PSI for wrought iron;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>t = minimum thickness of the shell plate of the weakest course, in inches;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>E = efficiency of the longitudinal joint, which is, for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Tube ligaments and riveted construction, established by Section I of the ASME Code for power boilers; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Seamless construction, 100 percent;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>R = inside radius of the weakest course of the shell, in inches;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>FS = factor of safety required by this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The resistance to crushing of mild steel is assumed to be 95,000 PSI of cross-sectional area;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>When computing the ultimate strength of rivets in shear, the following values, in pounds per square inch, of the cross-sectional area of the rivet shank shall be used:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Iron rivets in single shear 38,000 PSI;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Iron rivets in double shear 76,000 PSI;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Steel rivets in single shear 44,000 PSI; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Steel rivets in double shear 88,000 PSI;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>When the diameter of a rivet hole in a longitudinal joint of a boiler is not known, the diameter and cross-sectional area of the rivet, after driving, shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Ascertained by cutting out one rivet in the body of the joint; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>As indicated in the following table:</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The maximum allowable working pressure on a:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Water-tube boiler having tubes secured to cast iron or malleable-iron headers, or having cast-iron mud drums, shall be 160 PSIG;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Cast-iron boiler, except a hot-water boiler, shall be 15 PSIG;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Boiler having lap-riveted longitudinal joints, operated at a pressure greater than 50 PSI, when removed from an existing setting and reinstalled, shall be 15 PSIG; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Reinstalled horizontal-return tubular boiler having a continuous longitudinal lap seam more than 12 feet long, shall be 15 PSIG.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided by this regulation, the lowest factor of safety shall be, for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An existing installation: 4.5;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A horizontal-return tubular boiler having continuous longitudinal lap seams more than 12 feet long: 8;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A reinstalled or secondhand boiler having longitudinal seams of lap-riveted construction: 6; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A reinstalled or secondhand boiler with longitudinal seams of butt and double-strap construction: 5.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>